Welcome to Stadion Ludwigspark and this game starring Saarbrücken & Meppen in the 3. Liga. Here's all you should know!
- Saarbrücken have not yet lost a game at home.
- Meppen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
This should be an exciting game with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
Saarbrücken form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 3. Liga games here at Stadion Ludwigspark for Saarbrücken. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
It's back home for Saarbrücken, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dynamo Dresden away with the result 2-1. Günther-Schmidt and Steinkötter found the net in that victory. Manager Ziehl felt very clever after Steinkötter scored the winning goal against Dynamo Dresden, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 20th minute.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Zwickau in a game that was won 3-2.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Saarbrücken matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 4 games).
Saarbrücken are traveling soon after this match as the Reg. Cup Saarland match at Hertha Wiesbach awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Saarbrücken in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches.
Meppen form and stats
Meppen have only collected 3 points from their away games in the 3. Liga, after 0-3-3 (6 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Meppen who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Viktoria Koln was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Meppen failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Borussia Dortmund II (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Prior to that match, the Meppen manager Krämer faced defeat when travelling to Ingolstadt and losing 1-3.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Meppen playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meppen as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. The Meppen manager Krämer has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels. Meppen has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Saarbrücken wins - draws - Meppen wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jacob 7 goals |   M. Pourié 6 goals |  M. Cuni 3 goals |
Saarbrücken missing players
Meppen missing players
| Saarbrücken | Meppen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| 85% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 15% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 46% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 31% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 10.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.8 | 9.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 35% |
| 11.8 | 14.3 | 17.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11 | 10.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5 |
- All of Meppen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Meppen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Meppen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Meppen have yet to win a game away.
- Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Meppen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Saarbrücken have not yet lost a game at home.
- Saarbrücken have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elversberg | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | 1860 München | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Ingolstadt | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Freiburg II | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Saarbrücken | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 7 | Dynamo Dresden | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -6 | 19 |
| 9 | Verl | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Viktoria Koln | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund II | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | VfB Oldenburg | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 13 |
| 16 | Osnabruck | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Meppen | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | Zwickau | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 19 | Erzgebirge Aue | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | Bayreuth | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
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